Croke Park

Line Dancing – the phenomenen that terrified the GAA…

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Keith Duggan in today’s Irish Times discusses Garth Brooks’ return to Croke Park. Much like the statue in Ballinspittle a few years earlier, the sight of Garth Brooks storming the world brought out the evangelists. His music – this cannot be stressed enough – was inescapable. How you felt about the Brooks catalogue of twangy ballads and anthems was immaterial. Even Ireland’s hardcore metal purists of the early 1990s subconsciously came to know every single line of the Brooks staple …

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Some thoughts on my first trip to Croker.

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“Fancy coming to Croke Park with me this Sunday?” This was the question my Dad posed to me last week. After looking around to see if he was talking to someone else it dawned on me that he was actually asking me. Me! The youngest of his children who has shown no interest in sports, I mean, no interest at all. When I was holidaying in the United States in September 2012, the only event I took my brother to …

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Croke Park Agreement targets people over €65,000

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Brendan Howlin seems at least to have struck a new CrokeParkAgreement Headline figures are: :: Salary increments will be frozen for those earning over €65,000. :: Overtime for Sunday shifts will be cut from double time to time and three quarters. :: There will be graduated pay cuts between 5-10% for people earning over €65,000. :: A longer working week of either 37 or 39 hours. :: The abolition of Twilight Pay. Howlin has stated these are adjustments to make …

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Shamrocks have a great St Patricks Day.

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There are few enough red-letter days for Ulster hurling to let one pass-by unremarked. For those blissfully unaware of the travails of hurling in the north, no Ulster county has ever won a senior, Under-21 or minor All-Ireland or National League title. Nor has Ulster ever won the [inter-provincial] Railway Cup in hurling. The only senior hurling title came nearly 30 years ago, to Loughiel Shamrocks in the 1983 All-Ireland senior club hurling championship. [I feel obliged to also note …

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